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JAKARTA

Most Famous People Born in Jakarta, Indonesia

Notable people
699
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1973
Most distinctive
Badminton 29.5×

An archipelago capital whose page is dominated by one truly extraordinary number: the Badminton bench runs at nearly thirty times the global baseline, a discipline-to-city concentration you essentially never see. Around it sits a deep Actor and Singer cohort that maps neatly onto Indonesian screen and pop culture, and a surprising Model bench, the whole thing weighted almost entirely to the post-independence decades.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Jakarta during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 170 notable births.

What Jakarta Is Known For

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Actor is Jakarta's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (161).

Jakarta over-indexes on badminton29.5× the global rate.

Jakarta under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Actor161
  2. Singer57
  3. Football54
  4. Badminton47
  5. Politician46
  6. Journalist22
  7. Writer18
  8. Player17
  1. Badminton4729.5×
  2. Model137.2×
  3. Actor1614.3×
  4. Singer573.9×
  5. Driver83.7×
  6. Journalist222.0×
  7. Film151.8×
  1. Politician460.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Jakarta's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

160016501700175018001850190019502000
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Showing 37 of 699 notable people

0007 SINGER

Chrisye

1949 - 2007

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0010 SINGER

Boudewijn de Groot

Born 1944

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0011 WRITER

Jeroen Brouwers

Born 1940

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0025 POLITICIAN

Aburizal Bakrie

Born 1946

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0063 ACTIVIST

Soe Hok Gie

1942 - 1969

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0100 POLITICIAN

Fauzi Bowo

Born 1948

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0111 SOCIOLOGIST

Loet Leydesdorff

Born 1948

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0117 POLITICIAN

Taufiq Kiemas

1942 - 2013

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0121 PAINTER

Aude de Kerros

Born 1947

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0158 SINOLOGIST

Leo Suryadinata

Born 1941

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0161 PHYSICIAN

Marga T

Born 1942

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0178 POLITICIAN

Arief Budiman

1941 - 2020

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0187 POET

Darmanto Jatman

1942 - 2018

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0196 SINGER

Lilis Suryani

1948 - 2007

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0237 ACADEMIC

Ido Abram

1940 - 2019

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0266 EQUESTRIAN

Christilot Hanson-Boylen

Born 1947

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0304 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Yasmine Zaki Shahab

Born 1948

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0329 POLITICIAN

Fahmi Idris

Born 1943

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0336 JOURNALIST

Hanna Rambe

Born 1940

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0421 ACTOR

Amoroso Katamsi

1940 - 2018

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0434 POLITICIAN

Muchdi Purwopranjono

Born 1949

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0436 DESIGNER

Gert Dumbar

Born 1940

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0448 OLYMPIC

John Ekels

Born 1940

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0450 SINGER

Mansyur S.

Born 1948

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0475 ACADEMIC

Nib Soehendra

Born 1942

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0480 JOURNALIST

Yusril Djalinus

1944 - 2009

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0494 BUSINESS

Siti Hartati Murdaya

Born 1946

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0529 PHYSICIAN

Nila Moeloek

Born 1949

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0571 BUSINESS

Edwin Soeryadjaya

Born 1949

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0580 POLITICIAN

Tutty Alawiyah

1942 - 2016

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0588 BUSINESS

Bambang Sutrisno

Born 1941

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0634 OLYMPIC

Leane Suniar

Born 1948

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0642 ARTIST

Tio Tjay

Born 1946

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0662 POLITICIAN

Anja Latenstein van Voorst-Woldringh

Born 1940

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0672 POLITICIAN

Alexander Tchernoff

Born 1942

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0690 POLITICIAN

Johan Scheffer

Born 1948

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0697 BADMINTON

Qiu Yufang

Born 1949

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